CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoJustice Department says Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect believed election conspiracy theorieswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down11
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minus-squaresanta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-215 hours agoHe wrote it to pardon future criminals? That sounds legal. /s
minus-squareFoxyFerengi@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-214 hours agoIt is actually legal. We know he used the pardon in a corrupt way, but the pardon being upheld for people who haven’t gone through court yet has legal precedent dating back to the civil war.
minus-squaresanta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoI guess laws matters more when it works to advantage of party supported by conservative justices of SCOTUS.
He wrote it to pardon future criminals? That sounds legal. /s
It is actually legal. We know he used the pardon in a corrupt way, but the pardon being upheld for people who haven’t gone through court yet has legal precedent dating back to the civil war.
I guess laws matters more when it works to advantage of party supported by conservative justices of SCOTUS.